{"product_id":"laughing-boy-a-navajo-love-story-paperback","title":"Laughing Boy: A Navajo Love Story - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eOliver La Farge\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eWanden LaFarge Gomez\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Pulitzer Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A romantic idyll played out in the rhythms and meanings of a vanished Navajo world.\" --\u003cem\u003eDenver Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn enduring American classic, Oliver La Farge's award-winning first novel captures the essence of the Southwest in the early twentieth century.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaughing Boy is a model member of his tribe. Raised in old traditions, skilled in silver work, and known for his prowess in the wild horse races, he does the Navajos of \u003cem\u003eT'o Tlakai\u003c\/em\u003e proud. But times are changing. It is 1914, and the first car has just driven into their country. Then, Laughing Boy meets Slim Girl--and despite her \"American\" education and the warnings of his family, he gives in to desire and marries her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Laughing Boy and Slim Girl settle away from traditional villages--their different upbringings clashing within both their relationship and the ever-encroaching culture around them--each of their worlds are thrown into a heart-wrenching turmoil of love, honor, hope, and heritage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Compelling in its strength and simplicity, and its fidelity to the deepest impulses of human nature,\" \u003cem\u003eLaughing Boy\u003c\/em\u003e is an unprecedented look at both the Navajo culture and the enduring legacy of tradition and loss that all Americans share (\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 193\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.52 x 8.22 x 5.44 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 05, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Laughing Boy\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5.7\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 10\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761758929184,"sku":"9780618446728","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0730b5706e6df927b90fd08f41f999e7.webp?v=1780212163","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/laughing-boy-a-navajo-love-story-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}